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Tour the Allswell Mattress and Bedding Tiny House

Tiny houses as mobile billboards have been used for everything from paint and building supplies to donuts. Now a tiny house has been built to showcase Allswell, a mattress and bedding brand created by Walmart. While many diehard tiny housers will see this as only a marketing ploy, you have to admit that the Allswell House is quite the looker. The Allswell Home was custom built by Modern Tiny Living. Custom built by Modern Tiny Living, the THOW is about 240 square feet and features …

Minimalist Living + Maximum Space: Tour of the Kasita

by Christina Nellemann

This unique, smart home is setting up to not only be a stylish and minimalist place to live, but also a futuristic option for overcrowded cities. During the Kasita Roadshow, a trip through several western U.S. cities, I had a chance to tour the 374 square foot micro home in downtown Reno. The Roadshow brought the house to cities currently facing immense growth and the growing pains that come with it. Kasita is hoping to be an affordable option for overcrowding or multifamily living options. …

Contemporary Kasita Can Be Stacked for Urban Living

by Christina Nellemann

Urban settings are slowly being transformed by the tiny house. Whether it be micro apartments or newly accepted ADUs, tiny spaces are becoming more accepted within cities and larger towns. The typical cityscape is due to change even more with the development of the airy Kasita and “The Stack” concept. The Kasita units can be sited individually or in a “stack.” Designed and developed by Kasita CEO Jeff Wilson (who made headlines when he lived out of a 33 square foot Dumpster for over a …

Modern Houseboat in Berlin

by Kent Griswold

By Chris Laugsch Our Modern Houseboat in Berlin. It is located in a bay of the river Spree with the entire front facing the bay opening up through huge windows with views of the city and the landmark TV tower on the horizon. You feel completely withdrawn from the bustle of the city with only a few ducks and Ludwig, the swan coming by occasionally for breakfast, yet it only takes 20 minutes to the city centre. There is ample space, a generous living area, …

Cubicco Cabana

by Christina Nellemann

For anyone living in hurricane prone areas of the U.S., a new prefab company is designing and building units just for you. Cubicco designs and builds various sized units that can be attached together to create a larger building, but the one that is attracting attention is the tiny Cabana concept, which is 8×12 and costs $17,000. The full package includes all materials such as insulation, finishes, roofing, steel support legs and lifting brackets and all screws, bolts and sealants. Optional packages like rainwater catchment …

FireFly Trailer

by Christina Nellemann

For fans of the stylish Cricket trailer and the cult television show, the new FireFly prototype camping trailer by designer Garret Finney brings together aerospace technology and the desire to be sustainable while off-roading. According to the NASA designer the FireFly is actually a habitation module designed to fit into the bed of a pickup truck or towed by a small car. The 600 lb. trailer is minimal and includes folding bench tops for sleeping and lounging surfaces with room for storage underneath. The FireFly …

My Yotel Experience

by Christina Nellemann

The Tiny House Blog has featured the Yotel airport hotel pods before and this time I had a chance to stay in one at Heathrow Airport in London. These convenient sleeping pods located in London, Amsterdam and New York give you the option for a more peaceful layover while combining space saving designs, Japanese esthetics and a hint of Star Trek. Yotel offers several sizes of these transit rooms including double, twin, bunk style and Standard, which features a single bed, but more space. At …

NOMAD Micro Home

by Christina Nellemann

This stylish and energy efficient 10×10 foot micro home from NOMAD in British Columbia comes as a flat-pack micro cottage that can be assembled in just a few days. The NOMAD can also be customized to include a wet bath and appliances or no bathroom or appliances at all if you want to save some money. No matter what you choose, this cottage will still run you under $30,000. The micro home was designed and developed by Ian Lorne Kent who has been designing family …

ZipKit Homes

by Christina Nellemann

ZipKit Homes, a division of Timberhawk Homes, is located in Mt.Pleasant, Utah and features several prefab plans including two that could be perfect, streamlined and efficient tiny homes built with sustainable materials and in a controlled environment. The company focuses on smaller, efficiently designed homes over big homes with extra space that rarely gets used. Two of their smallest homes are the Skyline which is 400 square feet and the sleek M.1 which is 384 square feet. Each of the homes contains spray foam insulation, …

Yellowstone River Lodge Cabins

by Christina Nellemann

The Yellowstone River Lodge is a beautiful bed and breakfast located near the town of Billings, Montana. While the lodge itself is a larger home, tucked behind it are three small guest cabins designed by Josh Sayer, the son of lodge owners Jan and Dan Sayer. The small modern and stylish cabins were inspired by the simple agrarian structures found around the area near Billings and make their own statement in the Montana landscape. The larger cabin contains a full bedroom and the two smaller …

Hummingbird Tiny Spaces

by Christina Nellemann

The Hummingbird Tiny Spaces Company is a family owned and operated business in Nashville, TN that specializes in site-built tiny homes made from hand picked materials. The owner of the company, Will Yount, has chosen to build these tiny homes for people who don’t have the skills or time to do it themselves, yet still want an affordable and unique tiny space that can fit onto a small lot or in a backyard. The tiny houses are not kits, but built completely on your site. …

Sarah House Project

by Christina Nellemann

Named after a San Francisco sculptor who could not afford a permanent place to live in her expensive city, the Sarah House Project in Salt Lake City, Utah is one man’s attempt to build an affordable home out of castoff shipping containers. Sara Putnam, (the “h” for the project had already been added to a banner advertising the building) who recently died from cancer was living at an artists’ colony at the Hunter Point Naval Shipyards — where she wasn’t supposed to be sleeping. Her …